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Bathynoe
''Bathynoe'' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes 6 species, 5 of which occur in the Pacific Ocean while one occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. ''Bathynoe'' species have been recorded from depths of about 500 – 3000 m. Description Body short, 39 segments, 16 pairs of elytra. Anterior margin of prostomium with a pair of acute anterior peaks. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Palps, antennae, dorsal and ventral cirri with papillae. Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Unidentate and bidentate neurochaetae present.Ruff, R.E. (1991) A new species of Bathynoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the northeast Pacific Ocean commensal with two species of deep-water asteroids. Ophelia Supplement 5, 219–230 Species of ''Bathynoe'' may have about 28 to 43 segments and 10–24 pairs of elytra. The elytra are large but leave the middle of dorsum uncovered, they have several large mounds and ...
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''Bathynoe'' is a genus of marine annelids in the family Polynoidae (scale worms). The genus includes 6 species, 5 of which occur in the Pacific Ocean while one occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. ''Bathynoe'' species have been recorded from depths of about 500 – 3000 m. Description Body short, 39 segments, 16 pairs of elytron (Annelida), elytra. Anterior margin of prostomium with a pair of acute anterior peaks. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally (beneath prostomium and median antenna). Palps, antennae, dorsal and ventral cirri with papillae. Notochaetae about as thick as neurochaetae. Unidentate and bidentate neurochaetae present.Ruff, R.E. (1991) A new species of Bathynoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from the northeast Pacific Ocean commensal with two species of deep-water asteroids. Ophelia Supplement 5, 219–230 Species of ''Bathynoe'' may have about 28 to 43 segments and 10–24 pairs of elytron (Annelida), elytra. The elytra are large but leave the middle of dorsum uncovered ...
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